Word: hushing
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Dade 11th: 22,000." As the plane soared into the azure sky, the candidate kept looking at the figures and talking. Now and again Cornelia would butt in for some comment on the press's treatment of George and how he is misunderstood. He would tell her to "hush now, I'm talking...
...trial of the Harrisburg Seven. Indeed, ever since the Rev. Philip Berrigan and his co-defendants were indicted on conspiracy charges 15 months ago, the man who informed on them has been hidden away in protected seclusion. Thus, when the call came last week for his appearance, a hush fell over the courtroom. Moments later, Boyd Douglas Jr., 31-ex-con, informer and the Government's star witness-walked through a side door and took the stand...
...hard light of day merge and fade away in the wash of darkness. To bid goodbye in a dream: surely this gentle going is better than the harsh, hard-edged parting in broad day, better than a Scarlet-Stained. Passion-Heavy sunset farewell. Deep blue night; the hush; a cool, whispering touch--and footsteps echoing away, ever more distant in the dark. Delicate, right, no danger of disintegration, of seeing what we've loved shattered, bursting into bitter dust in the light. Enveloped in that dusky atmosphere of dream, the dream remains whole; it touches us once more before...
...possibilities. Vice President Spiro Agnew voiced his personal opposition to a constitutional amendment. HEW Secretary Elliot Richardson followed up the Agnew argument, noting that any amendment might well nullify landmark civil rights decisions. The word spread on Capitol Hill that John Mitchell, too, opposed an antibusing amendment. Senate Leaders Hush Scott and Mike Mansfield registered disapproval. Congressional conservatives and liberals alike were in agreement with Yale Law Professor Alexander Bickel's view: "There is no way to fine-tune a constitutional amendment to deal solely with busing. It is beyond the wit of the most articulate draftsman...
...telling the apocryphal story of the Eskimo chairman of Senator George McGovern's Alaska campaign, who was giving a speech in favor of the Senator recently when a group of Muskie supporters began heckling him, drowning him out with boos and whistles. The Eskimo's comeback: "Hush, you Muskies...